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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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When is the expiation for accidental killing two consecutive months?

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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: The verse states that the expiation is freeing a slave and paying a blood money to the Muslim family. When does one resort to fasting? Is it if one is unable to do either?

The Shaykh:
Okay.

The questioner:
He says: The verse states that the expiation is freeing a slave and paying a blood money to the Muslim family.

The Shaykh:
Yes. As for what follows, "fasting for two consecutive months" is at the end of the verse. Yes.

The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if the slave is...

The Shaykh:
The blood money for accidental killing is not upon him; it is upon the 'aqilah (the paternal clan). Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2736 -3022] متى تكون الكفارة في القتل الخطأ شهرين متتابعين؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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